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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 17h

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 19h

Ukrainians, soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, are dying to preserve their sovereignty & freedom. But they also stand strong defending democracy from Russian aggressors & war criminals. And that’s on our behalf (U.S., Europe, etc.), as well as their own.
We can not abandon them…

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 19h

SO, lawyers out there: RFK, Jr., as a senior government official, may be in clear violation of a number of criminal & civil statues. (Conspiracy to Defraud; Making False Statements; False Claims Act; Public Health Service Act, etc.).
Can someone take this on?
RFK must go; lives are truly at stake.

Jr.as

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 19h

*We have largest measles outbreak (inc. 3 deaths) since declared eliminated in 2000
*Deliberation misinformation, i.e., outright lies, from HHS undermining vaccine confidence
*Massive cutbacks in critical research and CDC staff are & will be endangering lives
* Lies abound re. Tylenol & autism

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 5d

Donald Trump was so gleeful about his "capturing a Kennedy" into his inner circle that he tolerates a grossly flawed misfit to run his massive health agency.
I predict that POTUS will eventually regret making RFK, Jr. his health czar and, ultimately, fire the most unqualified HHS Scty in history.

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 5d

Circumcision & Tylenol produce autism!? HHS Scty RFK, Jr. has once again shown that there's actually no bridge too far in his insane pursuit of public pronouncements based on deliberate disinformation.
He's an incurable madmen who occupies the most influential public health platform in the world...

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 8d

Today I visited sites of civilian targets in Sunday's Russian air attack on Lviv,Ukraine. In the rubble of a flattened home are toys, baby carriage & shards of an exploded missile. A 15 yo girl & family died there on Sunday. America must stand with & support this democratic ally!

See www.UCAP.help

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 19d

We return to Ukraine next week to check some of our projects supporting the needs of children impacted by war. Millions suffer from trauma & school disruption.3,000 kids have been killed or injured & 20,000 abducted.

Ukraine is a young vibrant democracy on the rise!
Please support
wwww.UCAP.help

wwww.UCAP.help

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 21d

At Clinton Global Initiative meeting today. Extraordinary reports from people & organizations doing humanitarian work across the globe, including where poverty is crushing & war is raging.
I helped lead a session on supporting Ukrainian kids impacted by a war that must end! Check out: www.UCAP.help

Ukraine Children Support | Ukraine Children's Action Project

Help children in Ukraine during this devastating time with Ukraine Children's Action Project's Ukraine children relief fund. Visit our site to learn more.

www.UCAP.help

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 21d

“Parents: don’t listen to POTUS or RFK, Jr.!
Why? 1. They’re NOT doctors 2. they don’t understand science or public health & 3 they were flat wrong!”
That paraphrases what I said on MSNBC after the disgraceful clown show of a WH briefing about unverified connections between Tylenol & autism. Awful!

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 24d

UCAP is on the ground, funding recovery programs for children, resources to equip educators, and support for frontline families to help children stay resilient and hopeful. More in UCAP's latest update: bit.ly/4mdz2Sz

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 24d

In recent months, child casualties have risen, schools and hospitals have come under attack, and trauma remains widespread across Ukraine.

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 28d

Former CDC head,Dr. Susan Monarez,a true public health scientist,testified before a Senate panel today.
Scty RFK,Jr fired her because she refused to “pre-approve” new vaccine guidelines BEFORE data was shown.
It’s America in Wonderland where competence & truth is punished & incompetence is rewarded.

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 28d

Andrew: RFK, Jr. is public health wrecking ball with enormous authority to create super dangerous policies and a global platform to promote absolute nonsense on an unprecedented scale. Can’t believe Sen. Cassidy and his Republican colleagues actually voted to confirm this charlatan.

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · Sep 15

BREAKING NEWS- this is today’s Trump news: Shutting down the war on cancer but dropping explosives on boats in the Caribbean.

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · 28d

On Thursday & Friday CDC’s newly reconstituted immunization advisory committee, filled with RFK Jr’s favorite vaccine denialists, is poised to recommend grossly irresponsible changes to vaccine schedules that will make millions of kids way more vulnerable to deadly, otherwise preventable, diseases.

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks, Claudia. And I have no idea what to say to our children and grandchildren…
But we must find the words and the way back from the brink. I’m still hopeful.

claudiayer.bsky.social @claudiayer.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you Dr Redlener

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 11

If we are moving toward a new reality where political, religious, sexual orientation, ethnic, or national origin differences are settled with violence, hatred, guns, militias and military occupation of our cities, then the America imagined by the founders will be gone before our 250th anniversary.

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 10

New MAHA report makes a few good points about nutrition & food additives. But conclusions & concrete steps going forward are weak or without evidence. Plus RFK Jr’s crazy war on science makes him profoundly untrustworthy on everything, including this report on what’s really causing chronic disease.

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 8

#childhoodvaccines ▶️ Watch my interview with Ali @velshimsnbc.bsky.social on the restructuring of vaccine policies in the United States. irwinredlener.org/posts/2025/9...

RFK Jr., Signals Intent to Reshape U.S. Vaccine Policy — Irwin Redlener

My interview with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on the restructuring of vaccine policies in the United States.

irwinredlener.org

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 6

Bye-bye Secretary Kennedy!
RFK Jr. may have crossed a line too far - even for Donald Trump. Thursday's Sen hearing was an hours-long angry outburst of misinformation, lies & conspiracies. Kennedy has become a political liability for Trump & may well be forced to step aside very soon.
Stand by...

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 5

Parents are getting really confused and losing confidence in these life-saving vaccines. This is a tragedy wrought entirely by Secretary Kennedy.

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 5

These are the vaccines that will prevent those illnesses, including whooping cough, polio, measles, German measles, and hepatitis. There is a clear directive about what vaccines are added to the schedule. This schedule undergoes multiple reviews by legitimate scientists, not conspiracy theorists.

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 5

#childhoodvaccines Every parent who has taken their child to a pediatrician hears an explanation. Here are things we know that have caused trouble or killed children in the past. youtu.be/9JS_g1fKW7Y?... @nbcnews.com

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 4

Anti- vax promoter of dangerous health misinformation, Florida Surgeon General Joe Ladapo, a disciple of charlatan RFK Jr, gleefully reports that Florida will end all mandates to vaccinating children -a public health calamity in the making!
Note to Harvard:Your degrees are on his wall. Do something!

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Irwin Redlener @irwinredlener.bsky.social · Sep 3

You know that lives will be lost here and globally.
But you confirmed him anyway. Right?
My colleagues in health and science expected more of you.

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